Crowder county park is a great stop for families. Nice playground with play structures for both young and older climbers. The playground is well kept and the surrounding woods are also great for imaginative play. There are two good size pavilions and the bathrooms are easily accessible and very clean. The park also features a large pond around which there are two smaller playgrounds and a walking path that is paved. The pond is also home to a very, very large turtle. Our kids have great fun hunting for the dinosaur turtle. The only downside is the park is a bit out of the way and there are no swings on the playground or other small toddler/baby friendly equipment.

We had a great experience over at Crowder County Park. The grounds are kept extremely clean and well maintained. The foliage is beautiful and well laid out throughout the park. The boardwalk is a great feature that kids kids can just run up and down all day long.

Perfect park for young families. Very pretty trail around a smaller lake, picnic tables all over, a large playground, 2 smaller playgrounds, open field, tons of parking.

Great park. Great trails. Great playground.

I cannot comment on the rest of the park as I only visited the playground, however what I have seen gave me the impression that this was a nice, well kept park. The playground was clean and none of the equipment appeared broken. There are lots of options for different ages and I feel its laid out well so that you may keep an eye on your child. There are options for sitting around the perimeter of the playground, as well as a good mix of shade and sun. As an option for place to take your kids I would say this is five stars.

Awesome park with multiple playgrounds, walking trails, a lake, and plenty more. This is a well maintained park that is great for the kids, walking the pets, or just enjoying nature. There are several playgrounds--one larger one for young and older kids and two for younger children. There are walking trails around a decent sized lake that are bike and pet friendly. Plenty of nature to observe and lots of space to get away. There are several picnic shelters with bbq grills that can be reserved for parties.

Great park to walk around and explore a little. You can always see turtles here by the bridges, which are fun to stop and look at but please dont feed them. I wish people would stop throwing their trash in the water too. There are 2 playground here for kids, one is brand new and the other is older. Safe place and easy trails. I wouldnt recommend this for anyone wanting to run as its typically pretty crowded.

Pretty trails, but not as extensive walking trails as we had hoped. There is a large pond, but no waterfowl, as we were hoping. Our daughter wanted to see ducks and geese.

My dog and I love the park.... Only wish it opens earlier or making it gate lock free park..... 730 is too late for working parents....

It was a lovely experience with my family and my children made friends! I love the musical section as well! Gone check it out!

Beautiful park, nice paved walking loops, great playgrounds. Will definitely be back!

My little calls this turtle park. Head here on a sunny day, and you will see them abundance. We park past the playground and walk the trails first, which includes two little pieces of equipment in two different spots. Right now, one of which is closed for repairs. Then after the trails, we end back at the big playground. It is nice because it has musical pieces as well as separate structures, one for older, one geared towards younger. Sometimes its just us, sometimes we bring the dogs, sometimes we bring friends. A very busy park, but still well kept, clean, and perfect for any day.

Nice park with decent size lake. There are.a lot of turtle and fish that you check with your kids. It has around 1 mile track for jog or walk.

Wonderful place to enjoy nature’s beauty within close distance from town. Pet friendly, clean and has a small pond with turtles and other wildlife. Great for children for some playground fun. Shelter house for family reunions and a nice walking trail. Also, has a nice field for baseball and volleyball.

Always a great place to take kids to play; especially with the new playground upgrades. Walking trail is great. Park staff do a great job of keeping facilities clean and safe. Be sure to try and find the huge snapping turtle that hangs around the wooden bridge! Looks like a dinosaur!

Cute little gem of a park tucked in the woods. Great scenery! We saw a lot of turtles.

Lovely community park, great playgrounds, pavilions, a pond and more

I love riding my bike through here. Nice open field to do some reading too

Great place for Pokémon go. Plenty stops, a few gyms.

Peaceful. Sat and ate my lunch at an isolated picnic table by the pond.

Our greyhound loves it here!

Great little park with lots of shaded paths. My kids love seeing all the turtles in the little pond.

Nice trails. Not crowded. Very pretty.

Nice place for kids and family. Pond with lots of turtles, multiple playgrounds and open ground to play. Nice trails for walking.

Great park with lots of trees, a pond, shelters and multiple playgrounds.

Always a fun place to visit. Great playground and we enjoy the turtles in the pond. (We also saw a bullfrog and snake on our recent visit!)

Just love the park. Best place for family picnic. Kids would love the tortoise in the pond.

A very nice park for kids. There is a pond where you can view turtle s and some fish. Feeding wildlife is not allowed though nor is fishing. Its a pet friendly place with a small trail

LOVE this park! Its not overwhelmingly large but there is enough to do to pack a lunch and spend a good portion of the day exploring, playing, and getting all that kiddo energy out. Trails for walking (or riding bikes!), a little pond with turtles, picnic areas, and both a large and small playground. My son absolutely loves the large scale drums and xylophones!

Pleasant park. Lots of turtles.

We love coming here! We have a picnic, play in the park and then go visit with the turtles!

Beautiful park with lots of shade. The playground by the upper pavilion has some great slides - probably the tallest Ive seen around. My kids loved the larger than life instruments and seeing the gigantic snapping turtle.

We call this place turtle park. Its got a great playground and lots of space for a good walk. We saw a lot of dogs here as well, so its a good place for a dog walk as long as the dogs are friendly!

Turtles love visitors

Loved the turtles

Visit the visitor center! The guy working there and of course the turquoise with highlights ever visit. Hes happy to chat with you and your kids but nature first ones you like. I think my son talk to him Target. Hours.

We love the play structures at this park. Great for kids of all ages. We also love walking down to the pond area and seeing the turtles. We call this park Turtle park.

Nice park with ample playgrounds and an easy and pretty trail around the lake. Good place to bring young kids.

Nice park. Walking path easy for any level. Some of the concrete is in need of repairing but nothing major. BEWARE dont leave any valuables in your vehicle. Someones vehicle got broken into while we were there and her purse was stolen. The only bathrooms open this time of year are in upper pavilion area. Will definitely go back again.

Multiple playgrounds. The kids love the high slides, theres are places to BBQ, picnic tables, paved and natural walking trails. The park and facilities are always clean.

Great park for families ! At the time of writing this theres two climbing play areas for kiddies . The lake is small enough to walk around and not get over tired ! Shelters and toilets well distributed around park. Lots of parking ! Great park !

Gorgeous well thought out park.

Very very beautiful! The perfect place to walk your fog or take a book and find a place to read! Great for ALL ages!

This place is awsome.Air is fresh and playground is so nice .There is music instruments for kids.The music sound is amazing.I want to visit later again.

Great park, too much exposed wood in the play area.

Not a huge park, but lots of trees, shade, a few different playgrounds, a couple shelters, lots of little dirt paths off of the main, paved paths. I love the bridge over the pond, and the chance to stop and watch the turtles and fish swim around. Growing up, I remember they would have fun educational programs for kids, I assume they still do.

Its very beautiful Park nice views on the lake, Shelter is ready for party or family gathering, play ground for kids, restroom clean.

Love this beautiful park!

Awesome walking trail

Great place for walking and nature observation

Nice clean park. Nice place to get out of the car and take a walk.

No swings at all, the paths that are paved are in rough shape due to roots all through the paths. If you bring a stroller id say a large tires style would be best. The bathrooms were locked on sunday.

My kids always enjoy the easy access to the pond. Seeing turtes and ducks. I enjoy the musical aspect of the play space.

Love walking taking walks with my dog. Its very peaceful.

This park is a great little hidden gem on Ten-Ten. From the front it looks very small, but it extends quite a bit in the back. It has several different play grounds, a large pond with wildlife and lots of walking trails. My kid loves coming here to play on the unique equipment and going to the pond to count the turtles.

Best park around right in your backyard. People are very friendly here!

Great Park to go to. They have a nice pond to walk around playgrounds for the kids and bathrooms.

Pleasant and relaxing.

My wife and I love it out here. Very peaceful. Lots of different trains to take so you dont have to take the same one each time.

This is a lively park with a quaint visitors center. We went to a Song Bird Discovery Activity and received such a lovely welcome from the Park Ranger! Cant wait to go back and hike!

Beautiful nature walk!

This park has consistently been high-quality for my entire life. Its good to know that our local community cares enough about outdoor recreation to invest and maintain Crowder park year after year.

This is a smaller park but it has good facilities. It has one big playground in the front, with two smaller playgrounds around the back close to the field. It has many shelters where families can host parties. The walking trail around the park is decently long with the option to make a shorter trail by cutting across the bridge. The trail has a good mix of hills and flats. When crossing over the bridge you can stop and enjoy the many turtles that live in the pond.

Attended a kids birthday party at the Heres n Picnic area. Great area, close amenities, and a kids play area nearby. Would definitely use this area and recommend to anyone else.

Spent three weeks visiting my family in North Carolina This is one of my favorite parks

Lovely park:)

I Love Crowder Park!

Wonderful park. Feels very secluded and away from the hustle and bustle in the area.

We use the small dog enclosure. The park is always clean and located in a very picturesque neighborhood. We feel very comfortable bringing our little 5 pound dog there.

Nice paths in the shade.

A wonderful place to walk any time of the year.

This one of those well designed Wake County recreational parks. Thare safe nature trails, several playing grounds for children of different age groups and free parking spots. Theres enough for the whole family to do here.

Crowder County Park is a 33 acre park in southwest Wake County near Apex. We took our dog for a walk while visiting the area. The park features playgrounds, picnicking and about a mile of trails around the park. Crowder Pond is right in the middle of the park and is a good spot to see wildlife - we saw a great blue heron and several turtles.

This park is great! So many shaded paved and unpaved trails to explore with your family. Great large main playground with other smaller playground in another part. There is a pond to walk around and pavilions with picnic tables that can be rented. We love Crowder park!

Very nice to walk around on a beautiful day

What a fun and beautiful park. so many books out there! great place for all things outdoors.

Its a perfect place for a cookout or a walk. There are several small playgrounds closer to the pond its not am massive park, so I imagine it could easily get crowded, but it is very nice.

Awesome park! Great staff, super fun playgrounds, beautiful woods, trails & pond! I love that its a turtle sanctuary and research center ... my family saw a massive Snapping Turtle there once and we always see lots of other aquatic turtles whenever we visit! We really enjoy the special programs and events, including the annual Frog Fest!! There are also some open fields for just running around and playing sports.

My family loves crowder park. It’s clean and has great trails for walking! We also love the sand volleyball put and the pond. The public restrooms are not too bad either. I would they would add a swing set to the play grounds, but other than that I have no complaints.

Nice paved trail (though does need to be repaved in certain places). Cool big playground for with two sections for older and younger kids, plus two small playgrounds down the trail. Several pavilions. Nice pond with a ton of turtles and a walking bridge. (Does have a lot of mosquitos). Overall a really nice park.

Great park. Big playground has a cool musical section. Trails good for running if you can avoid cracks in pavement.

Wonderful park for the whole family. Fun playgrounds for the kids. Plenty of walking trails, a pond w/ active wildlife, its a great outdoor trip.

I felt safe.. wide open areas to walk. Nice clean play park for kids.

What a fun place

Lovely park.Restrooms have changing tables!

Beautiful area to hold outdoor parties

Known as the Turtle Park in our home. Several play areas and a great walking trail system.

My 3 year old really enjoys the playground as well as watching the turtles and geese at the lake. We had his 1st b-day there 2yrs ago and the shelters and facilities are well maintained. There are several playgrounds and picnic areas as well as a sand volleyball court.

Crowder District Park is a hidden gem within Wake County, NC. There are wonderful sports fields, a childrens park, a pond, picnic areas and nice walking trails. There are two trails and theyre interwoven with one another. The small one goes around the little duck pond. And, the longer one circles the parks perimeter.

Crowder Park is lovely! Its handicapped accessible, has lots of play areas and places to stop and enjoy nature.

Great preschool activities. Leader Ashley engaged children with songs and color exploration. Wonderful playground with varied access points and interactives.

One of my favorite parks. Great pond to walk around with tons of turtles. Nice, new playground equipment, and plenty of trees.

Great park. Good for picnic too.

Park is clean with a nice view for a peaceful walk.

One of the best parks in the county. Faithful to Apex reputation as #1 in the state to live and a great destination place to visit.

Beautiful park. Our shelter was great. Bathrooms very clean.

So much nature! Great playground area(s), covered picnic areas, and the pond is a big hit with the walking bridge and all the turtles. Park is clean and well maintained.

A great mid-size park for a walk, game of volleyball, or to take kids to. There is an abundance of turtles...and thats not an understatement whatsoever.

Great playground. Great trails (both paved and natural) that go around a scenic lake. Covered picnic and gathering areas. Out door classrooms. Very clean public restrooms. This is a genuinely clean park full of things to do.

We love this park so much. Its mostly shaded, has little trails that include two playgrounds and a bridge that almost guarantees turtle, fish and duck sightings. The bathroom is clean and well maintained, too. My kids love this park!